Envelop.



J. M. DONALDSON.

ENVELOP.

APPLICATION TILED M349, 1914.

1,119,251. Patented Dec. 1,1914.

J AMES MACONDONALDSON, OF DODlD CITY, TEXAS.

ENVETJOP.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed February 19, ran. Serial 110,819,770.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MACON DON- amsos, a citizen of the United States of i America, and resident of Dodd City, in the I ing n these drawings '50 county of Fannin and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelops, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to envelops and particularly to means for cutting an envelop for the purpose of removing itscontents,

means being provided whereby the cutting device acts as a partial ejector for the letter.

The use of envelops embodying theinvem tion will guard against mutilation of the contents of envelops which may otherwise be damaged by theuse of openers and furthermore the extracting device insures the display or partial removal of the contents of the envelop so that the person who opens the envelop will bereasonably sure of securing all of the contents thereof.

The invention is furthermore useful in preventing resealing of envelops when once opened by theopeners and the invention possesses further advanta e in' that the opener is entirely conceale within the envelop except the short protruding flexible device used for cutting the envelop.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views and in which-- Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of: an en-' velop with the flap open, the said envelop having the invention applied thereto; Fi 2 illustrates a planview of an envelop wit the cutting device in the position it assumes when the envelop has been cut; Fig. 3 illustrates a plan view of the blank from which the envelop is formed, the cutting device be- .omitted.

10 denotes an envelop, the top flap 11 of which is open and the edge of the envelop near the bottom has a-smallhole 12 for the reception of a flexible device-1'3 avhich'flexible device may be in the nature .ofa thread, Wil810l other cutting or flexibility.

tearing agency, preferably of considerable In applying the cutting device 13 to the envelop one end is preferably secured to the top flap at the point 1 4 as by an adhesive or other agency, the said cutting devicecxtending from the point 14 to the opening 12 1n the edge ofthe envelop. and extending therethrough to the outside of the envelop. The cutting device then extends between the lower flap 15 and the body of the envelop, and its end 16 projects from the envelop at the end thereof opposite the end containing the aperture 12, t e purpose of the protruding end 16 being a hand graspfor the operator who may pull on the end for the purpose of cutting the envelop. The use of the envelop havingthe aperture 12 and the fact that the cutting device extends externally of the envelop insures a resistance to thepull exerted on the end of the cutting device when the same is operated to open the envelop.

From an inspection of Fig. 2 it will be apparent that the portion of the cutting device which extends from the aperture 12 to the point 14 acts to partially embrace the contents of the envelop, the said contents being designated by the numeral 17 in Fig. 2. After the envelop is opened, further pull on the cutting device results in partially extracting the contents of the envelop,

the said flexible device beingmovable in the envelop until the looped portion thereof, which embraces the contents 17 of the envelop, reaches the upper edge of the side flap at the point 18. Of course, it will be possible by exerting sufficient pull on the flexible connection to cause the cutt ng of the side flap but as the movement afforded the cutting device is suflicient to cause the contents of the envelop to be partially projected. such action is found in practice to be suflicient to enable the operator to grasp th'ea' contents of the envelop and withdraw it bv hand, so that the initial movement afforded bv drawing the flexible connection is sufli cient for all ordinary needs. If desired, I mav substitute for the cutting device 13 a'fabric. such as ribbon within the envelop and if this form is used, I prefer that the fabric shall be of ornamental exterior and it may be secured at one end to the flap which is to be-sealed and may exthe body of the envelop, the said device pro tend diagonally in the general jllirecti on of corner, a tearing device which may extend longitudinally or the envelop at the fold of the lower flap so that when the tearing device is pulled the letter Wlll be opened and the fabriewill likewise be pulled to partially extract the contents of the envelop.

1. An envelop having an open flap and "an aperture in the edge near the corner opposite the open flap, a cutting device extending from the flap near its upper edge through the aperture, the said cutting device being secured .at one end to the flap, the said cutting device projecting through the aperture externally of the envelop and being applied between the lower flap and envelo national jecting from the edge of the envelop at an end thereof opposite the end containing the aperture.

- 2. An envelop having an open flap, a strip of fabric secured at one end to the open flap near the edge thereoii, the, said fabric extending to .a point between the edge of the opposite the ed e containing the open ap, and a cutting evice connectedto the fabric, the said cutting device lying 'be-' tween the closed flap and-the body" thereof, said cutting device projecting from the envelop at the'end thereof remote from the end at which the cutting'device and fabric are joined. 1

In testimony whereof, I afifix my signature in the presence-of two witnesses.

JAMES MACQN DONALDSON. Witnesses:

151. B" McCnAmr, 'G, W. S'rnwnn'r. 

